My Heart (U.S. Edition)

Doris Day | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 6, 2011)
• Original Release Date: 2011
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Arwin Productions
• ASIN: B00656C6KK
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Music
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (140 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,558 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

This is Grammy-winning singing legend Doris Day's first studio album with fresh material in 17 years; 13 songs of a timeless quality including 10 previously unreleased recordings produced by Day's late son, Terry Melcher, plus a trio of Day classics.

Doris Day has been fully involved with the musical selections for this special album, which hit the top ten with its advance release in England. Her son Terry Melcher -- who was known as a producer for folk-rock pioneers The Byrds and other artists -- co-wrote three of the new songs with the Beach Boys' Bruce Johnston: the emotional title track "My Heart", the romantic "The Way I Dreamed It" and the haunting "Happy Endings" sung by Melcher with a newly recorded spoken-word introduction by Day.

Also included is the rhythmic radio single "Heaven Tonight" plus three classic rock-era favorites: Joe Cocker's ballad "You Are So Beautiful", the Lovin' Spoonful's joyful 1966 hit "Daydream" and The Beach Boys' nostalgic "Disney Girls", the latter written by Bruce Johnston, who co-produced three of the recordings on the album.

Exclusive to this U.S. edition is the debut release of the traditional folk ballad "Stewball", which appropriately connects with Day's devotion to animals. The trio of vintage classics Day has selected for this album are "My One & Only Love" with the Andre Previn Trio, the biographical "Ohio" from the stage musical "Wonderful Town" and the standard "My Buddy" from Day's film "I'll See You In My Dreams". Rounding out the set is the bouncy showtune "Hurry It's Lovely Up Here" from "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever".

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84 of 86 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Doris Day 'Top 10' UK best seller finally comes to America! December 3, 2011

By Mr. K

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MY HEART is the 29th original album from the GRAMMY award-winning singer Doris Day. It features PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED song material which Doris cut after a brief return to the recording studio during the mid-1980s.

These sessions took place after Doris Day's late son Terry Melcher convinced his dear Mom to return to the recording studio under his guise. Six of the new songs contained on MY HEART originate from these very sessions. Although a few of the recordings were aired during the eighties on the star's American chat show, "Doris Day's Best Friends", the majority were left in an "unfinished" state until they were polished and perfected by the multi-platinum selling British producer Ted Carfrae who recorded additional orchestrations to complete the songs.

Doris was fully involved in the music selections for MY HEART which is notably her first original album for over 17 years (the last being "Love Album"). As well as the eighties recordings there is also a studio recording taken from one of Day's 1970s US TV specials plus a trio of other Doris Day classics lifted from the vaults at Columbia - each of these were hand picked by the star for sentimental reasons. The album is dedicated to the memory of Ms. Day's son Terry Melcher.

In September 2011, the MY HEART album was released in the UK where it rocketed into the UK album chart at #9. As a result of its runaway success Doris Day became the oldest singer in UK chart history to have a TOP 10 hit with an album of new material. Although initially only available throughout Europe MY HEART is now available across the singer's home country of the USA thanks to her own label Arwin Productions.... Better still for the "US edition" Doris added an exclusive bonus track STEWBALL - a duet with her son.

The MY HEART album packs a truly powerful punch on an emotional level as not only does it deliver some truly unforgettable vocal performances - such as YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL which will not leave a dry eye in the house - but we are also all reminded from this album just how much we have missed Doris Day's voice and her music over the years she has been away!

This is a DAY-lightful comeback album (better late than never) and here's hoping if her American fans support it as much as her British ones did it will make a piece of pop history on the American BILLBOARD chart. Better still proceeds from sales of this album go to help the Doris Day Animal Foundation. So buy, buy, buy folks as it's all helping a wonderful cause!

Talking of helping the animals a Doris Day 2012 Wall Calendar is also available now and again proceeds from sales benefit the star's animal organisation. Read more ›

50 of 52 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Doris sings from the "Heart"!! September 13, 2011

By Paul Brogan

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To millions of people, Doris Day is best known as the enormously popular star of dozens of hit movie musicals and comedies in the 1950's and 60's. She later starred on a hit CBS television series that ran into the 1970's by which time she began devoting more and more of her time to animal welfare. With few exceptions, she has remained out of the limelight since her move to picturesque Carmel by the Sea some thirty years ago.

Doris Day's tremendous movie stardom overshadowed, in many ways, her equally successful career as a recording artist. Beginning in the mid-1940's, for more than twenty years she was one of the biggest recording artists at Columbia, earning enough Gold Records to panel several walls. Two of her song hits won Academy Awards as Best Song and another 4 were nominated for the honor.

Her theme song - Whatever Will Be, Will Be" (Que Sera Sera) is fixed in the minds of many as the only song Miss Day is known for. In reality, she recorded nearly 700 songs and some of her concept albums from the 50's and 60's are among the best recordings ever made. Her duet album from the early 60's with Andre Previn is a classic of its type. "Latin for Lovers" is an exhilarating mix of sensuality and Latin-type music that is intoxicating and Day's take on "Let it Snow" from her 1960's Christmas album is the sexiest version of this song ever recorded.

Day's vocal skills are flawless. Her diction, breath control and the warmth she projects when she sings, making the listener feel she is singing directly to them, earns her a place as one of the finest vocalists of the 20th Century.

After decades away from the recording studio, Miss Day's first album of new material in years has been released by Sony Music.... The finished product is worth the lengthy wait and is already making recording history in the United Kingdom where it was released first.

Before his untimely death in 2004, Day's son, Terry Melcher, a major songwriting and producing force in the recording business for many years, had lured his mom back into the recording studio. For all intents and purposes, Day's singing since the late 60's had been limited to several well-received television specials in the 70's and songs rendered to a lucky few around her home.

Melcher co-wrote four of the new songs in this collection of twelve numbers, nine of which are new and three of which are classic Doris Day. Despite a span of decades since her vocal heyday, Day's voice retains its unique warmth and flavor.

Best of the new songs include the catchy "Heaven Tonight", Day's take on the Lovin Spoonful's "Daydream", the Beach Boy's "Disney Girls", "Hurry It's Lovely Up Here" from the Broadway musical, "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" and especially "You Are So Beautiful".

Written by Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher and Beach Boy Dennis Wilson, "Beautiful" became a huge hit for Joe Cocker in the 1970's. By the third note, Day has made this song her own. It's a number you'll want to play again and again.

Miss Day dedicates the haunting "Happy Endings", sung by Melcher, to her son.

From the vault, Miss Day has selected a number from her Previn album, "My One and Only Love", as well as "My Buddy" and the definitive version of "Ohio" from the Broadway musical, "Wonderful Town". The Ohio native brings an added poignance and wistfulness to this beautiful tune.

"My Heart" will bring enormous listening pleasure to longtime Doris Day fans but will also make believers out of everyone who only knows Day from her screen roles or "Que Sera Sera".

Here's hoping this is not the last we'll hear from the golden throat of Doris Day. Read more ›

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars DEAR MUSIC APPRECIATORS (how old are you anyway?) December 5, 2011

By Andrew H. Lee

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Dear Music Appreciators,

If you don't know who Doris Day is there are a lot of things you could do to correct such a travesty of baby-boomer pop culture ignorance, but my favorite suggestion (assuming you like movies) would be to watch the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, in which she presents a classic Doris Day acting performance accompanied by the introduction of her signature song - "Que Sera Sera" to the world.

And now here is Ms. Day at the age of eighty-seven, suddenly releasing an album of songs a full seventeen years after her last such effort.

And it's good too.

One of the most popular singers and actresses of the 20th century has still got it going on. Granted, the majority of the songs on this album were recorded nearly thirty years ago (and the rest are even older), but if the artist is to the world what the artist gives to the world, then this year Doris Day is magically thirty years younger and once again doing what she does best.

And speaking of knowing who Doris Day is - how old are you anyway? Perhaps leave a comment and let your fellow music appreciators know and we'll all get a sense of the kind of generational wingspan Ms. Day may (or may not) possess in the Information Age.

Sincerely,

Constant Listener

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars "IT'S MAGIC" IS BACK AGAIN September 13, 2011

By Anthony Santamauro

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This new release by Doris Day is truly an amazing collection of songs by the most gifted and talented lady this world has ever known. I can't stop listening to YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL. I have never heard this song sung with such feeling and warmth. It now belongs to Doris. All of the unreleased cuts are wonderful. THE WAY I DREAMED IT and DISNEY GIRLS are pure Doris and MY HEART, well there are no words to describe the beauty of her singing this
emotional piece of music. There are other great singers such as Streisand but they sing for the world. Doris sings just for you. A rare gift that no one has come near matching. Other singers say hey look I'm singing but with Doris it just comes as a natural part of her being. The song HAPPY ENDINGS sung and co-written by her son is to quote Paul Brogan, HAUNTING. It will make you cry as well as make you smile. If only we could go back to that wonderful time. Maybe, Doris will bring it all back. I adore this special LADY.